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Documentary filmmaker on the personal essays in you. Designed as a testament to the thankless job done by the militarys medical staff, baghdad er went on to win four emmy awards. In addition to capturing the drama of victims and caregivers in the er, the film provides vivid frontline rescue footage with the 54th medical company air ambulance team along with tensionfilled scenes of soldiers patrolling what is considered the most dangerous road in the world. Tonight i watched the powerful hbo documentary, baghdad er. The official facebook page for hbo documentary films. Veteran combat surgeons debate hbos painful documentary. The awards, which honor excellence in broadcasting, went to 35 recipient. The army surgeon general is warning that the hbo documentary baghdad er is so graphic that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Directed by jon alpert and matthew oneill, the flyonthe wall documentary tracks the days and nights of the 86th combat support hospital. A new documentary airing on hbo puts a human face on the statistics coming from iraq. Stream new movie releases and classic favorites on or on your device with an hbo app. The 50 year argument, an hbo documentary the new york. This is a very well done documentary on the emergency room facility for wounded soldiers in iraq. Hbo orders 2 new seasons of axios news series wsbtv.

Thank you hbo for baghdad er by linda milazzo page 1 of 1 pages. Scrubs, baghdad er among winners at peabody awards. Why some military docs are tuning out baghdad er time. With its stark, graphic images of injured soldiers and their colleagues who tend to them, the hbo documentary baghdad er is in many ways a tribute to the brave, tireless doctors at the united.

We showed what happened in baghdad er, when people get. The harsh realities of war are brought into focus in this documentary. New york ap hbo has ordered two new seasons of its sunday night news program modeled after the axios website, which has produced newsmaking interviews with presidential soninlaw jared. In baghdad er, the war is brought in, stretcher by stretcher the. Baghdad er is a documentary released by hbo on may 21, 2006. Hbo returns to news docuseries axios with second season.

The actor best known for portraying an army doctor on the tv show mash writes that the hbo documentary series baghdad er, about an army emergency hospital in iraq, made him want to. The hbo documentary the battle for marjah chronicling the exploits of bravo company, 1st battalion, 6th marine regiment, 2nd marine division during. Armys premier medical facility in iraq and formerly one of saddam husseins elite hospitalsis the setting for this unforgettable documentary that. Directed by emmyrwinner jon alpert hbos one year in a life of crime. I spent 3 years in iraq myself, i even remember visiting that hospital one time. Jerusalem ari shavits my promised land, the bestselling book about the authors complicated love for the land of israel, is being made into a documentary film for hbo. The third in the trilogy was supposed to be going to the hospital and speaking to the wounded. At one point in the documentary baghdad er, on hbo tomorrow night, the camera finds a young emergency room doctor making his way into. They partnered with hbo on the peabodywinning documentary baghdad er in 2006, then turned out another with last years alive day memories.

The new documentary baghdad er goes inside the 86th combat support hospital in iraq, the armys premier. Hbo is bringing back its news documentary series axios for a second season. Hbo has a range of new shows to look forward to this spring and fans of film, comedy. Nbcs primetime lineup and hbos documentary unit were among the big winners in the 66th annual peabody awards. Emmywinner matthew oneill hbo s baghdad er and chinas unnatural disaster. Jon alpert and matthew oneills documentary follows the medical personnel of the 86th combat. Im doing so here because this war documentary shows an interesting topic. Hbo had done the letters home documentary, and then they did baghdad er. Documentary filmmaker on the personal essays in you dont look your age nprs scott simon talks with awardwinning documentary filmmaker sheila nevins about her new book. In section 60, tonights compelling new hbo documentary, its also called one of the countrys most honorable places by ami niebergermiller, sister of a deceased army specialist.

Army is officially warning that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Hbo turns ari shavits my promised land into documentary. It shows the iraq war from the perspective of a military hospital in baghdad. Washington, may 17, 2006 the new hbo documentary film baghdad er is much more than just a series of gruesome images flickering across a screen.